Sebelum mengemukakan tuntutan, semak sebut harga bengkel.

Sebelum means before.

In this sentence, it introduces the action that should happen first:

• Sebelum mengemukakan tuntutan = Before submitting/making a claim

So the sentence is telling you to check the workshop’s quotation first, and only then deal with the claim.

Malay often puts a time phrase like this at the beginning to set the context first.

So:

• Sebelum mengemukakan tuntutan, semak sebut harga bengkel.

means literally:

• Before submitting a claim, check the workshop quotation.

You could also reverse the order:

• Semak sebut harga bengkel sebelum mengemukakan tuntutan.

That would still be natural and mean the same thing.

Mengemukakan means to submit, to put forward, or to present.

In this sentence:

• mengemukakan tuntutan = to submit/make a claim

It is a more formal verb, and it often appears in official, administrative, or business contexts.

This is because Malay often adds prefixes and suffixes to form verbs.

Here, mengemukakan is a full verb form meaning to present/submit something. In practice, learners should treat mengemukakan as a standard dictionary-style verb used in formal contexts.

A useful point is that the ending -kan often helps make the verb take an object:

• mengemukakan tuntutan = submit a claim

So tuntutan is the thing being submitted.

Tuntutan can mean claim, demand, or assertion, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means claim, especially in an insurance or repair context.

So:

• mengemukakan tuntutan = to submit a claim

If you saw tuntutan elsewhere, it might sometimes mean demands or requirements, so context matters.

Yes. Here semak is an imperative verb, meaning it is giving an instruction:

• semak = check / review

Malay often uses the base verb directly for commands, especially in neutral instructions, notices, and service messages.

So this sentence is basically telling the reader:

• Check the workshop quotation before making a claim.

Because Malay often leaves out the subject when it is obvious.

In an instruction like this, the understood subject is you:

• (Anda) semak sebut harga bengkel.
• (You) check the workshop quotation.

This is very common in signs, instructions, manuals, and customer-service language.

Yes, literally:

• sebut = mention/say
• harga = price

But together, sebut harga is a fixed expression meaning:

• quotation
• price quote
• estimate

So you should learn sebut harga as one business-related phrase, not interpret it word by word every time.

In this sentence:

• sebut harga bengkel = the workshop’s quotation / the garage’s estimate

Bengkel means workshop.

In everyday usage, especially in this kind of context, it often means a repair shop or garage, especially for vehicles.

So:

• sebut harga bengkel = the garage’s estimate / the repair shop’s quotation

Malay often puts nouns together directly to show a relationship that English might express with of or from.

So:

• sebut harga bengkel literally looks like quotation workshop
• but it means the workshop’s quotation or quotation from the workshop

This noun-to-noun pattern is very common in Malay.

Compare:

• nama syarikat = company name
• harga kereta = car price
• pemilik rumah = house owner / owner of the house

So sebut harga bengkel is perfectly natural.

Malay does not normally use articles like a, an, or the.

So nouns often appear without anything corresponding to those words:

• tuntutan = a claim / the claim
• bengkel = a workshop / the workshop
• sebut harga bengkel = a workshop quotation / the workshop’s quotation

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why translation into English needs articles, but the Malay sentence does not.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and practical, like something you might see in:

• insurance instructions
• customer service information
• official notices
• repair claim procedures

Words like mengemukakan, tuntutan, and sebut harga are common in administrative or business Malay.

In casual speech, people might use simpler wording, depending on the situation.

Yes, sometimes.

Possible alternatives include:

• periksa = inspect/check
• semak = check/review/verify

But semak is very suitable here because it suggests checking or verifying information/documents rather than physically inspecting something.

So in this sentence, semak is a good choice for checking a quotation or estimate.

The structure is:

• Sebelum + verb phrase, imperative verb + object

More specifically:

• Sebelum mengemukakan tuntutan = before submitting a claim
• semak = check
• sebut harga bengkel = the workshop’s quotation

So the pattern is:

• Before doing X, do Y.

This is a very useful Malay pattern to learn.